Summary

By a survey amongst companies in the natural/alternative non food sector (natural textiles, cosmetics, alternative pharmaceuticals, paints and building materials) the part of organic renewable raw materials should be identified. The questionnaire included questions about the status quo, the assessment of the further development and the reasons for the use and/or non-use of organic raw materials. 26 of 183 questionnaires have been sent back. The companies use 44 different raw materials in quantities from 2 kg to 1.600 tons. The rate of organic raw materials ranges from 0 to 100%. For growing these raw materials a crop land of 370 - 470 ha is needed. This is less than 0,1% of the organic agricultural land in Germany. In 5 years an increase of 1.000 ha is possible if the companies develop as well as in the current time, the companies in-crease the use of organic raw materials from Germany and develop new market seg-ments with innovative raw materials of a high quality.